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CURRICULUM VITAE

Personal Information

Name: J Scott Turner Birthdate: 11 August 1951 Office phone: (315) 470 6806 fax: (315) 470 6934 email: [email protected] web site: http://www.esf.edu/efb/turner/Turner.html

Degrees Conferred

Doctor of Philosophy 1982. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Colorado State University. Dissertation title: The relationship between heat exchange and blood flow in reptiles. Advisor: Dr C R Tracy.

Master of Science 1979. Department of Zoology and Entomology, Colorado State University.

Bachelor of Arts 1976. College VIII, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Membership and Service in Professional Societies

Memberships Past or Present American Association for the Advancement of Science. American Physiological Society American Geophysical Union International Paleopsychology Project The Darwin Project Human Biology & Evolution Society International Society for the History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Biology Sigma Xi Service Sigma Xi (Vice President, Syracuse Chapter. 1995-1996) Sigma Xi (President, Syracuse Chapter. 1996-1997) Sigma Xi (Past-President, Syracuse Chapter. 1997-1998) Sigma Xi (Awards Chairman, Syracuse Chapter. 1998-1999) Sigma Xi (Newsletter editor, Syracuse Chapter. 2003-present) SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry (Executive Chair of the Faculty, 2002-present)

Honors

Senior Award for Excellence in Research (Sigma Xi, Syracuse Chapter, 2003) Distinguished Teacher Award (ESF Undergraduate Student Association, 2004) World’s Top Twelve Researchers in Biomimicry (nomination). (Biomimicry Institute and Zero Emissions Research Group, 2008) Inclusion of Essay Signs of Design in the compilation Best Amercian Spiritual Writing of 2008. Jimmy Carter and Philip Zaleski (ed). Houghton-Mifflin.

Curriculum vitae J S Turner

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Positions Held

Visiting Scholar Department of Earth Sciences. Cambridge University. (January-July 2010.)

Professor State University of New York, Syracuse, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology. 2009-present. .

Associate Professor State University of New York, Syracuse, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology. August 1995 to present.

Assistant Professor State University of New York, Syracuse, College of Environmental Sciences and Forestry, Department of Environmental and Forest Biology. November 1990 - August 1995.

Lecturer University of Bophuthatswana, Department of Biology. 1990.

Research Officer Roy W Siegfried, Supervisor. Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Foundation for Research Development. University of Cape Town, Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. August 1988 - December 1989

University of Cape Town Postdoctoral Fellow Gideon N Louw and Roy W Siegfried, Sponsors: Thermal Energetics of Avian Incubation, University of Cape Town. University of Cape Town, Department of Zoology and Percy FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology. August 1987 - August 1988.

Research Assistant Professor Charles V Paganelli, Principal Investigator: The Effect of Ambient Pressure on Gas-Phase Diffusion Processes, National Institutes of Health. State University of New York at Buffalo, Department of Physiology. February 1986 - August 1987

Post Doctoral Fellow Gideon N Louw, Principal Investigator: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research - Foundation for Research Development Comprehensive Grant. University of Cape Town, Department of Zoology. 1985 -February 1986.

Visiting Assistant Professor Franklin and Marshall College, Department of Biology. 1984-1985.

Research Associate Knut Schmidt-Nielsen, Principal Investigator: Studies in Temperature Regulation, National Institutes of Health. Duke University, Department of Zoology. 1984.

Temporary Instructor Duke University, Department of Zoology. 1982-1984.

Research Assistant Charles L. Ralph, Principal Investigator: The Pineal Complex and Thermoregulation, National Science Foundation. Colorado State University, Department of Zoology and Entomology 1976-1980. Alan G. Holbert, Principal Investigator: The Habitat of the Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander (Ambystoma macrodactylum croceum), California Department of Fish and Game. Cabrillo College, Department of Biology. 1975.


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Teaching Assistant Colorado State University, Department of Zoology and Entomology. 1980-1982. Cabrillo College, Department of Biology. 1974-1976.

Teaching

Currently taught courses: Physics of Life. SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. Animal Physiology: Environmental & Ecological, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1997-present. Deserts of Southern Africa, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1998-present. Research Problems in Environmental Biolog , SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 2005-present.

Previously taught courses: Symbiosis, SUNY College of Environmental and Forest Biology. 2001-present. Animal Physiology: Organismal, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1997-1999. Environmental Physiology, Cranberry Lake Biological Station, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1992-1994. Animal Physiological Ecology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1992-1996. Functional Design of Organisms, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1997-1999. Herpetology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1994. Animal Physiology Laboratory, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1997-1999. Vertebrate Anatomy. Franklin and Marshall College, Fall 1984. General Physiology. Franklin and Marshall College, Fall 1984. Organismal Biology. Franklin and Marshall College, Spring 1985. Elements of Human Physiology, University of Bophuthatswana, 1990. Physiology and Biochemistry, University of Bophuthatswana, 1990. Practical Teaching (supervising student teachers in black township high schools), University of Bophuthatswana, 1990. Principles of Zoology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1991-1996. Animal Physiology, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1992-1996.

Seminars: Seminar on “The Problem of Biological Design”, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 2004-2008. Seminar on “Do you believe in Gaia?”, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1999-2000. Seminar on “Environmentalism and Freedom”, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1995. Biology Freshman Seminar, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1993-present. Seminar on “Physiological Ecology of Climate Change”, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. 1991.

Miscellaneous other teaching experience: Teaching Assistant in: Advanced Topics in Ecology. Colorado State University, Spring 1982. Cell Biology. Colorado State University, Fall 1980 through Fall 1981. Introduction to the Animal Kingdom. Colorado State University, Fall 1979 Herpetology. Colorado State University, Spring 1977 (Teaching Assistant). Introduction to Biology: Cellular and Molecular. Cabrillo College, Fall 1975 and Spring 1976. Natural History of the Sierra Nevada. Cabrillo College, Summers 1974 and 1975.


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Marine Biology. Cabrillo College, Spring 1974. Laboratory Coordinator in: Principles of Physiology. Duke University, Fall 1982 through Spring 1984. Voluntary Teaching Service in: Environmental Physiology, University of Cape Town, 1987-1989. Design, Progress and Evolution, University of Cape Town, 1987-1989. Zoology Journal Club, University of Cape Town, 1987-1989.

Representative Service and Consulting (since 2000)

Media Beyond biomimicry: What termites can tell us about realizing the living building. Namibia Institute of Architecture, Windhoek, Namibia. 31 May 2009. To be featured in upcoming article in National Geographic magazine. Consulted for a new program in biology and industry. Ardman Productions, UK Consulted for BBC Natural History Unit, Bristol, UK Consulted for the television documentary Termites and the Triumph of Life. Green Umbrella Productions (2000). Consulted for an untitled program in development on termites. Mark Rubens for the series Equinox (2000). Consulted for BugWorld for an untitled program in development on termites. Oxford Scientific Films. Consulted for Museum of Natural History, Vienna, Austria, on structure of termite mounds. Consulted for the National Geographic Society series Wildlife Detectives Consulted for Paramount Pictures A Soldiers Story. Consulted for The Machinery of Life. Sea Studio Foundation, Monterey California. Consulted for children’s book on savanna ecology by Ms Laurie Toupin. Consulted for the BBC Documentary Life in the Undergrowth, BBC Natural History Unit. Consulted for a forthcoming documentary on termites. Burning Gold Productions. Bristol, UK. Expert witness for National Waste Service, Toronto, Canada Interviewed for Conservation magazine. Interviewed for Material World (BBC4 radio series) Interviewed for Insect Soundings (BBC4 radio) Interviewed for Living on Earth (WGBH Boston) Featured on Literary Café. (American Freedom Alliance. Los Angeles). Consulted for special Mother’s Day broadcast, “The Termite Queen” for the NPR program The Kitchen Sisters. 2011

Advisory service Served on Science Advisory Board, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Namibia Served on Science Advisory Board, Nidiant Corporation, USA Served on Advisory Panel to the European Science Foundation Panel on The Future of the Extended Phenotype, Copenhagen, Denmark Served on Advisory Panel to the Army Research Office, Division of Cognitive Neueoscience, on Basic Neurosciences Research

Reviewing service (Books) Harvard University Press University of California Press Benjamin Cummins Publishers University of Chicago Press

Reviewing service (Journals) Applied Physics Letters Behavioral Ecology & Sociobiology Biology and Philosophy Bulletin of Mathematical Biology


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Comparative Biochemistry & Physiology Die Naturwissenschaften Functional Ecology Journal of Comparative Physiology Journal of Experimental Biology Journal of Functional Ecology Journal of Thermal Biology Nature Physical Review Letters Physiological and Biochemical Zoology Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Biological Sciences Quarterly Review of Biology The Ibis The Ostrich

Reviewing service (Funding agencies) Natural Environment Research Council (UK) National Research Foundation (South Africa) National Science Foundation Earthwatch Fellowship Program Israel Science Foundation Environmental Protection Agency (STAR Fellowship Program) PMI2 Connect Collaborative Research Awards (UK) The MacArthur Foundation

Representative Invited Presentations (since 2000)

A Multiplicity of Memory. Toward a Coherent Theory of Adaptation. Biological Information—New Perspectives. Cornell University. June 2011.

Biology’s Second Law. Evolution, Purpose and Desire. NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California. February 2011.

Fungal symbionts as mediators of water balance in Macrotermes colonies. Entomological Society of America Annual Meeting. San Diego, California. December 2010.

Emergent architecture in Macrotermes mounds. Wyss Institute, Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 2010. About 30 in attendance.

New Concepts in Termite-Inspired Design. Wyss Institute, Harvard University. Cambridge, Massachusetts. October 2010. About 100 in attendance.

New Concepts in Termite-Inspired Design. Center for Biologically Inspired Design, Georgia Tech University, and Perkins + Will Architects, Atlanta, Georgia. August 2010.

What is Life? Invited presentation to the Plenary session of International Board of Advisors meeting, John C Templeton Foundation. New York City. 8 June 2010. About 150 people in attendance.

Water, soils and architecture in Macrotermes colonies. Department of Zoology, Cambridge University. 27 May 2010. About 20 people in attendance.

New Concepts in Termite-Inspired Design. Social Biomimicry Conference. Arizona State University. 18-21 February 2010. About 200 people in attendance.

The Water Economy of Macrotermes colonies. University of Groningen. Groningen, The Netherlands. 11 September 2009. About 50 people in attendance.


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Termite Mounds as Models of Swarm Cognition. Lessons for Realizing the Living Building. In symposium on From Insect Nests to Human Architecture. Venice, Italy. 23 September 2009. About 50 people in attendance.

The Termite Cube (exhibition). Pestival. The Art of Being an Insect. Royal Festival Hall. Southbank Centre, London, UK. http://pestival.org/ 5-8 September 2009. Attendance about 100,000.

Numerous informal presentations at Pestival. The Art of Being an Insect. Royal Festival Hall. Southbank Centre, London, UK. http://pestival.org/ 5-8 September 2009. Typically 30 people at any event.

The Air Conditioned Termite Nest Revisited. Presentation at Forum on Insect-Inspired Architecture. Pestival. The Art of Being an Insect. Royal Festival Hall. Southbank Centre, London, UK. http://pestival.org/ 5 September 2009. About 200 people in attendance.

Do Cheaters Prosper? Sordid Society and Public Good in Termite Colonies. SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines. Cornell University. 16 October 2009. About 50 people in attendance.

The Air-Conditioned Termite Nest Revisited. Pestival. A Celebration of Insects in Art and Design. Southbank Center. London, England. September 2009.

The Water Economy of Macrotermes Colonies. Department of Biology, University of Groningen. Groningen, The Netherlands. September 2009.

Do Cheaters Ever Prosper? Sordid Features of Sociality in Termite Colonies. Cooperation. Self Interest and Mutual Interest. SUNY Conversations in the Disciplines. Cornell University. Ithaca, New York. October 2009.

The Intentional Brain. Program in Neuroscience. Michigan State University, East Lansing. October 2009.

Beyond biomimicry: What termites can tell us about realizing the living building. The First International Congress on Industrialized, Integrated and Intelligent Construction (I3CON). Loughborough University, Loughborough, UK. May 2008.

Agents of Biological Design. EOS program. Binghamton University. 2007 Agents of Biological Design. Why are living things well-crafted for the things they

do? 3oth Anniversary Retrospective Symposium on the Wistar Conference on Mathematical Challenges to the Neodarwinian Interpretation of Evolution. Boston, Massachusetts. 2007.

The Air Conditioned Termite Mound Revisited. Würzburg University (Germany). 2007

Termites, Water and Soils. Annual meeting of the Agricultural Scientific Society of Namibia. Windhoek, Namibia. 2006.

Emergent Homeostasis in Termite Mounds. A Template for Living Structures. 1st Annual Symposium on Biologically-Inspired Design. Council for Biologically Inspired Design. Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), Atlanta, Georgia. 2006.

Gaia in Microcosm. Social insects as a metaphor for a homeostatic world. Symposium on The Gaia Theory. Model & Metaphor for the 21st Century, Northern Virginia Parks Board Authority. George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia. 2006.


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Homeostasis, Intentionality and the Problem of Design in Biology. University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Biology Department Seminar. 2005.

Stigmergy and homeostasis in Macrotermes colonies. What’s the connection? Cornell University, Ithaca. Jugatae Club Seminar. 2005.

Why do termites build mounds? Windhoek Wildlife Society. Windhoek, Namibia. 2005.

Extended physiology of an insect-built structure. Symposium on Arthropod Biomechanics. Annual meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Salt Lake City. 2004.

Extended organisms, emergent physiology and the evolutionary biology of Gaia. Darwin Festival, Salem College, Salem, Massachusetts. 2003.

Landscapes as extended organisms. Distinguished Research Lecture, Sigma Xi (Syracuse Chapter). Department of Geography. Syracuse University. 2003

Beyond Biomimicry. Center of Excellence in Environmental Systems. Syracuse, New York. 2003

Extended phenotypes, extended organisms. A physiological perspective on evolution, natural selection and adaptation. Retrospective on the 25th Anniversary of The Extended Phenotype. Annual meeting of the International Society for the History and Philosophy of Biology. Vienna, Austria. 2003.

Termites as mediators of the water economy of arid savanna ecosystems. American Geophysical Union Spring Annual Meeting, Washington, DC. 2002.

Melding colony-level physiology with self-organizing behavior in termite colonies. Fondation des Treilles Conference on Self-Organization in Biological Systems, Les Treilles, France. 2002.

Superorganism of just a big pile of bugs? Emergent homeostasis in colonies of Macrotermes michaelseni. Department of Biology, University of Würzburg, Wurzburg, Germany. 2002.

Emergent homeostasis and symbiosis in colonies of Macrotermes michaelseni. Department of Biology, University of Würzburg, Wurzburg, Germany. 2002

Emergent Homeostasis in a Symbiotic Assemblage. The colonies of Macrotermes michaelseni and their fungal symbiont Termitomyces. American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference, Gaia 2000. Valencia, Spain. 2000.


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Publications

Books

J S Turner. 2007. The Tinkerer’s Accomplice. How Design Emerges from Life Itself. Harvard University Press. 282 pp. http://www.esf.edu/efb/turner/tinkerersaccomplice.html

J S Turner. 2000. The Extended Organism. The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA. 234 pp. http://www.esf.edu/efb/turner/extendedorganism.html

J S Turner. 2007. (Japanese language edition) The Extended Organism. The Physiology of Animal-Built Structures. (Seibutsu ga tsukuru taigai ko ̄zo ̄ :encho ̄sareta hyōgengata no seirigaku, 生物がつくる〈体外〉構造 : 延長された表現型の生理学 /). Misuzu Shobo. Translated by Y Shiga and T Fukatsu. 333 pp

J S Turner. 2009. (Japanese language edition) The Tinkerer’s Accomplice. How Design Emerges from Life Itself. Seidosha.. 312 pp.

J S Turner. In progress. Biology’s Second Law. Evolution, Purpose and Desire.

Popular articles, book reviews etc.

J S Turner. 2010. Dirt lungs. Natural History. In press.

J S Turner. 2008. Signs of design. The Best American Spiritual Writing of 2008. Jimmy Carter and Philip Zaleski (ed). Houghton-Mifflin, New York.

J S Turner. 2008. Termites. Friend or Foe? Pamphlet for the series Spotlight on Agriculture. Ministry of Agriculture. Republic of Namibia. In press.

J S Turner. 2008. Nature’s awful beauty. Book review. Built by Animals. The Natural History of Animal Architecture. Mike Hansell. American Scientist. 96(2): 158-159.

J S Turner. 2007. Signs of design. The Christian Century. June 12, 2007. Vol 124 No 12. 18-22.

J S Turner. 2007. Science by committee? Focus on Microbiology Education Spring 2007 (http://www.microbelibrary.org/about/index.asp?bid=1079).

J S Turner. 2007. Why can’t we talk about intelligent design? Chronicle of Higher Education Volume LIII: Number 20. 19 January 2007. The Chronicle Review, Section B: B20

J S Turner. 2007. Book review. Design and Nature III: Comparing Design in Nature with Science and Engineering. C A Brebbia (ed). Quarterly Review of Biology. 82: 265-266.

J S Turner. 2006. Book review. Animal Architecture. Mike Hansell. Quarterly Review of Biology. 81: 183-184.

J S Turner. 2005. What are the termite mounds pointing at? Roan News. 2005 (1): 25-27.


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J S Turner. 2004. Book review. Comparative Biomechanics: Life’s Physical World. Steven Vogel. Quarterly Review of Biology 79: 297. .

J S Turner. 2002. A superorganism’s fuzzy boundary. Natural History 111 (6). July-August 2002: 62-67.

J S Turner. 2002. Saving Darwinism from itself. The World & I 17 (7). July 2002: 136-145.

J S Turner. 2002. Book review. Wild Solutions. How Biodiversity is Money in the Bank. A Beattie and P R Ehrlich. Quarterly Review of Biology 77: 85-86.

J S Turner. 2002. The termites’ dilemma. Earthwatch Journal. October 2002: 3.

J S Turner. 2001. My publishing adventure. ESF Today. Summer 2001: 3.

J S Turner. 2000. Termites and other natural teachers. Chronicle of Higher Education 3 November 2000: B24.

J S Turner. 1996. Does the white ant have a soul? EarthWatch. March-April 1996: 34-41.

Review articles

J S Turner. In press. Superorganisms and superindividuality. The emergence of individuality in a social insect assemblage. In: Frédéric Bouchard and Philippe Huneman (eds). From Groups to Individuals.Perspectives on Biological Associations and Emerging Individuality. The Vienna Series in Theoretical Biology. MIT Press.

J S Turner. 2011. Termites as models of swarm cognition. Swarm Intelligence. 5(1): 19-43

J S Turner and R C Soar. 2010. Beyond biomimicry. What termites can tell us about realizing the living building. Chapter 15 in: Industrialised, Integrated, Intelligent sustainable Construction. ISBN 978-0-86022-698-7. Ian Wallis, Lesya Bilan, Mike Smith & Abdul Samad Kazi (eds). I3CON/BSRIA. London.. pp 233-248.

J S Turner. In press. Termite mounds as models of swarm cognition: Lessons for realizing the living building. Proceedings of the Conference From Insect Nests to Human Architecture. European Centre for Living Technology. Venice. 23-26 September 2009.

J S Turner and R C Soar. 2008. Beyond biomimicry. What termites can tell us about realizing the living building. Proceedings of the First International Conference on Industrialized,Integrated, Intelligent Construction. Loughborough University, 14-16 May 2008.

J S Turner. 2008. Homeostasis, complexity, and the problem of biological design. Emergence: Complexity and Organization. 10(2). http://emergence.org/ECO_site/web-content/ECO_10_2.html.

J S Turner. 2007. Homeostasis, complexity, and the problem of biological design. In: Explorations in Complexity Thinking: Pre-Proceedings of the 3rd International


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Workshop on Complexity and Philosophy. Kurt A Richardson and Paul Cilliers (eds). Stellenbosch, February 2007. ISCE Publishing, Mansfield, MA. Pp 131-147.

J S Turner, E Marais, M Vinte, A Mudengi, W L Park. 2006. Termites, water and soils. Agricola 16: 40-45.

J S Turner. 2006. Termites as mediators of the water economy of arid savanna ecosystems. In: Dryland Ecohydrology, Amilcare Porporato and Paolo d’Odorico (eds). Kluwer. Pp. 303-313.

J S Turner. 2005. Extended physiology of an insect-built structure. American Entomologist 51(1): 36-38.

J S Turner. 2004. Gaia, the extended organism and emergent homeostasis. Chapter 5 in Scientists Debate Gaia: The Next Century. Stephen H Schneider, James R Miller, Eileen Crist and Penelope J Boston (eds). MIT Press. Cambridge, Massachusetts. pp 57-70. (Contribution to the American Geophysical Union Chapman Conference on Gaia 2000, Valencia, Spain, June 2000.)

J S Turner. 2004. Extended phenotypes and extended organisms. Biology and Philosophy 19(3): 327-352. (a special issue on the 20th anniversary of the publication of Richard Dawkins’ The Extended Phenotype.

J S Turner. 2003. Trace fossils and extended organisms: A physiological perspective. New Interpretations of Complex Trace Fossils: A special volume of Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 192: 15-31.

J S Turner. 2002. Maintenance of egg temperature. In: Avian Incubation: Behaviour, Environment And Evolution, D C Deeming (ed). Oxford University Press, Oxford. pp 118-142.

J S Turner. 1994. Time and energy in the intermittent incubation of birds’ eggs. Israel Journal of Zoology 40: 519-540.

J S Turner. 1991. The thermal energetics of incubated birds’ eggs. In: D C Deeming and M W J Ferguson, eds., Egg Incubation: Its Effects on Embryonic Development in Birds and Reptiles. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. pp. 117-145.

B T Firth, J S Turner and C L Ralph. 1989. Thermoregulatory behaviour in two species of iguanid lizards (Crotaphytus collaris and Sauromalus obesus): Diel variation and the effect of pinealectomy. Journal of Comparative Physiology 159B: 13-20.

J S Turner. 1987. The cardiovascular control of heat exchange: Consequences of body size. American Zoologist 27: 69-79.

B T Firth and J S Turner. 1982. Sensory, neural and hormonal aspects of thermoregulation. In: C Gans and F H Pough, eds., Biology of the Reptilia vol. 12. Academic Press, London. pp. 213-274.

C L Ralph, B T Firth and J S Turner. 1979. The role of the pineal complex in ectotherm thermoregulation. American Zoologist 19: 273-293.


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Primary Research Articles

J S Turner, R M Soar, E Marais, G Shihepo. In press. Insolation and morphogenesis of the mound of Macrotermes michaelseni. Cimbebasia Memoirs (in press)

J S Turner. In press. Water dynamics of mound building and repair for Macrotermes michaelseni. Cimbebasia Memoirs (in press)

J S Turner, W L Park, E Marais, A Mudengi, M Vinte. In press. Observations on water, soil movements and mound reconstruction in Macrotermes michaelseni colonies in northern Namibia. Cimbebasia Memoirs (in press)

J S Turner and E Marais. In press. The annual variation of temperature in the mound and nest of Macrotermes michaelseni in northern Namibia. Cimbebasia Memoirs (in press)

J S Turner. In press. Observations on annual variation of moisture in the mound and nest of Macrotermes michaelseni in northern Namibia. Cimbebasia Memoirs (in press)

J S Turner and E Marais. 2007. Observations on annual variation of temperature and moisture in the mound and nest of Macrotermes michaelseni in northern Namibia. Journal of Insect Science (submitted).

J S Turner, E Marais and W L Park. 2007. Mound repair by Macrotermes michaelseni mobilizes soil transport from throughout the mound. Journal of Insect Science (submitted).

J S Turner. 2001. On the mound of Macrotermes michaelseni as an organ of respiratory gas exchange. Physiological and Biochemical Zoology 74(6): 798-822.

J S Turner. 2000. Architecture and morphogenesis in the mound of Macrotermes michaelseni (Sjöstedt) (Isoptera: Termitidae, Macrotermitinae) in northern Namibia. Cimbebasia 16: 143-175.

J S Turner. 1997. On the thermal capacity of a bird’s egg warmed by a brood patch. Physiological Zoology 70: 470-480.

J S Turner. 1994. Transient thermal properties of contact-incubated chicken eggs. Physiological Zoology 67: 1426-1447.

J S Turner. 1994. Thermal impedance of a contact-incubated bird’s egg. Journal of Thermal Biology 19: 237-243.

J S Turner. 1994. Thermal constancy and ventilation of the colony of a southern African termite (Odontotermes transvaalensis: Macrotermitinae). Journal of Arid Environments. 28: 231-248.

J S Turner. 1994. Anomalous water loss rates from spittle nests of spittle bugs (Homoptera: Cercopidae). Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology. 107A: 679-683.

J S Turner, J B Henschel and Y D Lubin. 1993. Thermal constraints on prey-capture behavior of a burrowing spider in a hot environment. Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 33: 35-43.


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J S Turner and M D Picker. 1993. Thermal ecology of a subterranean dwarf succulent from southern Africa (Lithops spp: Mesembryanthemaceae). Journal of Arid Environments 24: 361-385.

C R Tracy, C R Tracy and J S Turner. 1992. Contrasting physiological abilities for heating and cooling in an amphibian (Rana pipiens) and a reptile (Sauromalus obesus). Herpetologica 48:

W R J Dean and J S Turner. 1991. Ants nesting under stones in the Karoo: Predator avoidance, safe sites for foundress queens or temperature benefits? Journal of Arid Environments 21: 59-69.

J S Turner. 1990. The thermal energetics of an incubated chicken egg. Journal of Thermal Biology 15: 211-.

J S Turner and A T Lombard. 1990. Body color and body temperature in white and black Namib desert beetles. Journal of Arid Environments 19: 303-315.

H Tazawa, G C Whittow, J S Turner and C V Paganelli. 1989. Metabolic responses to gradual cooling in chicken eggs treated with thiourea and oxygen. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 92A: 619-622.

H Tazawa, Y Suzuki, J S Turner and C V Paganelli. 1988. Metabolic compensation to gradual cooling in developing chick embryos. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 89A: 125-129.

H Tazawa, J S Turner and C V Paganelli. 1988. Cooling rates of living and killed chicken and quail eggs in air and in helium-oxygen gas mixture. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology 90A: 99-102.

J S Turner. 1988. Body size and thermal energetics. How should thermal conductance scale? Journal of Thermal Biology 13: 103-117.

J S Turner. 1987. On the transient temperatures of ectotherms. Journal of Thermal Biology 12: 207-214.

J S Turner. 1987. Embryonic blood flow and the heat exchange of avian eggs. Privately published. 9 pp.

J S Turner. 1987. Blood circulation and the flows of heat in an incubated egg. Journal of Experimental Zoology (Supplement 1): 99-104.

J S Turner and C R Tracy. 1986. Body size, homeothermy and the control of heat exchange in mammal-like reptiles. In: N J Hotton III, P D MacLean, J J Roth and E C Roth, eds., The Ecology and Biology of Mammal-Like Reptiles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 185-194.

C R Tracy, J S Turner and R B Huey. 1986. A biophysical analysis of possible thermoregulatory adaptations in sailed pelycosaurs. In: N J Hotton III, P D MacLean, J J Roth and E C Roth, eds., The Ecology and Biology of Mammal-Like Reptiles. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C. pp. 195-206.

J S Turner. 1985. Cooling rate and size of birds’ eggs - a natural isomorphic body. Journal of Thermal Biology 10: 101-104.


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J S Turner, C R Tracy, B Weigler and T Baynes. 1985. Burst swimming of alligators and the effect of temperature. Journal of Herpetology 19: 450-458.

J S Turner and R C Schroter. 1985. Why are small homeotherms born naked? Insulation and the critical radius concept. Journal of Thermal Biology 10: 233-238.

J S Turner and C R Tracy. 1985. Body size and the control of heat exchange in alligators. Journal of Thermal Biology 10: 9-12.

J S Turner. 1984. Raymond B Cowles and the biology of temperature in reptiles. Journal of Herpetology 18: 421-436.

J S Turner and C R Tracy. 1983. Blood flow to appendages and the control of heat exchange in the American alligator. Physiological Zoology 56: 195-200.

C R Tracy and J S Turner. 1982. What is physiological ecology? Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America 63: 340-341.

Technical reports

J S Turner. 2006. Termite-Associated Risks to Velcan Forest Products Arising from a Waste Transfer Facility to be Built and Operated by National Waste Services. Report in support of expert testimony before the Ontario Municipal Board. Case PL050401.


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Media

Author/Producer Title/Description J S Turner. 2011. Initiation of building by Macrotermes

swarms. Building the mound begins with a single step. But how do termites decide how to take that step?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwC__2fYlTg

J S Turner. 2011. The click of the click beetle The surprising physics behind the click of the click beetle. Filmed on location in Namibia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=‐NgGxSQViDk

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/click‐beetle/id380141288?i=93889508

J S Turner. 2011. A brief look at termite repair. The basics of repair of the termite mound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZTfPV2DWOo

J S Turner. 2011 C Baycura

Leaf temperature How plants use leaf shape to control the temperature of their leaves.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mAu2F__oyfs

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/leaf‐temperature/id434386126?i=93476800

J S Turner. 2011 R Soar C Baycura

Dynamic architecture. What is it? An interview with Dr Rupert Soar, on new trends in biomimetic architecture. Part 1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9A88‐Be‐lRw


Dynamic architecture. Termite mounds-A real example An interview with Dr Rupert Soar, on new trends in biomimetic architecture. Part 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a2GXjS9Cao


Dynamic architecture. Digital construction and negotiated architecture An interview with Dr Rupert Soar, on new trends in biomimetic architecture. Part 3.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a2GXjS9Cao


Keeping a dry leaf How leaves use a trick of surface tension to keep dry even in pouring rain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvsExbXVPac

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/keeping‐a‐dry‐leaf/id434386126?i=93476797

J S Turner. 2010. Termite city. Keith Ward’s beautiful woodcuts from

http://www.youtube.com/


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Alfred Emerson’s book Termite City. watch?v=w9yg05SrXCs


Brownian motion and Brownian motorsBrownian Motion, what it is, how it works, and why it matters to life

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqVeBxtZbj0

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brownian‐motion‐brownian‐motors/id434386427?i=93470801

J S Turner. 2010. Physics of rowing How rowers use momentum to give them the racer's edge. Recorded on location at Cambridge University.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EZwXOYgJAA&feature=relmfu

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/physics‐of‐rowing/id380141288?i=93265478

J S Turner. 2010. Speed of sound Isaac Newton’s original measurement of speed of sound, recreated where Newton himself did it, in Neville Court, Trinity College, Cambridge University.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzUU4G4uW18

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/speed‐of‐sound/id434387094?i=93467116

J S Turner. 2010 Synthetic sound Using a computer to explore the structure of sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLgbSwAQj_E

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/synthetic‐sound/id434387094?i=93467118

J S Turner. 2010. Gas thermodynamics How the gas laws lead us to the second law of thermodynamics and life With a special appearance by Maxwell’s Demon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20dU_G0nl‐o

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gas‐thermodynamics/id434386427?i=93470802

J S Turner. 2010 Gases Using a particle simulation to explain how motion of gas particles leads to large-scale phenomena like pressure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEar4s1ZG20

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gases/id434386427?i=93470800


Gaia and the Second Law Gaia theory is fundamentally a statement about entropy, life and energy extended to the global scale.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/gaia‐and‐the‐second‐law/id434386427?i=93474892

J S Turner. 2010 Why don’t trees fall down? http://www.y http://itunes.


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C Baycura Why don't trees fall down? The answer will surprise you.

outube.com/watch?v=dyrKxSbi2GU

apple.com/us/podcast/why‐dont‐trees‐fall‐down/id380141288?i=93502851


The Doppler effect How the mighty Kia can be used to demonstrate the behavior of sounds from moving bodies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPSN7ki3fmQ

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/doppler/id434387094?i=93467119

J S Turner. 2010. Macrotermes sampler. Miscellaneous snippets of termite building, mound construction, the termite queen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1xAG3kg7N8

J S Turner. 2010 Endocasting How the most detailed picture of the tunnel network in a termite mound was made. Featuring Rupert Soar

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0qdJh0YEAI

J S Turner. 2010 Termite drinkers Macrotermes termites have a complex water economy that is tied to the construction of their mounds. This can be observed with fluorescein dye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AOkb0epOgk

J S Turner. 2010 Cognitive trap demo A simulated cognitive trap for termite swarms, based upon a mismatch between pheromone persistence and habituation time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Q8N4vRMgXM

J S Turner. 2010 A swarm cognitive trap for Macrotermes michaelseni A termite swarm cognitive trap, involving self-organized circling behavior in a swarm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJCvsHJMWSM


Flexural stiffness How you can combine the Young’s modulus and the Second Moment of Area to design strong light bones and tubes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qn6q9YJ6uec

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/flexural‐stiffness/id380141288?i=84469347


Joints Joints - How they're built and how they work.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2S4jfoUDSw

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/joints/id380141288?i=93502848


Bones Measuring the material properties of bones by bending and breaking them in

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oDl_


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a big machine. R0VIKe0


Waves How to wavelength, speed of propagation, frequency. What sound is. What light is.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBImg2gqIK0

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/waves/id434387094?i=93467115


Succulents and flow What are succulent plants doing with those spines. We use fluorescein dye to follow how spines affect flow of air around the plant.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3qaa8DEWumM

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/succulents‐and‐flow/id434386126?i=93476801


The frill is gone How a basic understanding of fluid flow can tell us something about the biology of long-extinct animals, like the function of the frills of Triceratops.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KajHpHdZoAM

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the‐frill‐is‐gone/id434386126?i=93476798


Natural sounds Natural sounds have a complex structure. We use musical instruments to explore some of these complexities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txTg1U2v4LU

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the‐structure‐natural‐sounds/id434387094?i=93467117


Maple samara I The “helicopter” flight of the maple samara, and how it works.Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cii1hDLUjs

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/maple‐samara‐1/id380141288?i=93498983


Maple samara II The “helicopter” flight of the maple samara, and how it works. Part 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu9K‐qh8v_g

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/maple‐samara‐2/id380141288?i=93222729


Falling bodies The famous falling watermelon experiment, showing how complicated, but understandable, is the physics of bodies falling off buildings.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfMs3odd9WE

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/falling‐bodies/id380141288?i=84469342


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The Reynolds number The Reynolds number is a powerful tool for describing the flows of air and water around objects.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtcpMK6NpLo

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the‐reynolds‐number/id434386126?i=93497441


Light Where light comes from. Particles vs waves. Interaction of objects with light. Black bodies. Gray bodies. Translucent bodies. Characteristics of biological “light antennas.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUP1FfnECRQ

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/light/id434386945?i=93474132


Radiant energy budget Thermal radiation. Basic radiant energy budgets. Interaction of objects with light. Black bodies. Gray bodies. Translucent bodies. Radiant energy budgets in nature.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/radiant‐energy‐budget/id434386945?i=93474131


Conservation of momentum A basic exploration of the principle of conservation of momentum.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WfmeMw8j3A

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/conservation‐of‐momentum/id380141288?i=93498982‐


Fun with the Young’s modulus What the stress-strain curve tells you and how it represents elasticity, strength, resiliency and other important material properties.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLeFE93QDGU

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fun‐with‐youngs‐modulus/id380141288?i=84469346


Mass, weight and pressure Mass and weight are different things, and this is important to understanding the phenomenon of pressure.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGm51hh‐Fy8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mass‐weight‐and‐pressure/id434386427?i=93474891


Cantilevers The mechanics of a fundamental structural element of plants and animals-the cantilever.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u‐uni3D2wNQ


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Cantilevers and animals How cantilevers work in real creatures.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jc98fE6Rs4U

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/cantilevers‐and‐animals‐2/id380141288?i=93498980‐


SI Units SI units are the standard for scientific measurement. It’s crucial to have an understanding of them.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ettu_aeeY5U


The Reynolds number and flow around object Visualizing the flow around circular objects, and how turbulence is generated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ThQ_nD97hY

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/reynolds‐number‐flow/id434386126?i=93474723


Center of mass Center of mass is a useful construct in analyzing force and motion. Here’s what it is, and how to measure it.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/center‐of‐mass/id380141288?i=93498981


Stress and strain Stress and strain, how they differ and how they measure a material’s elasticity

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JA5nTvEU3MA

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/stress‐and‐strain/id380141288?i=84469349


Force, work and power The basic relationship of force, work and power.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyqDBXI07OY

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/force‐work‐and‐power/id380141288?i=93502858


Angular momentum There are two kinds of motion, translational and rotational. The latter requires a special form of analysis.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIvBxog19Ko


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Torque and angular momentum Torque is the force behind rotational motion.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG6b09Dy__k

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/torque‐and‐angular‐momentum/id380141288?i=93502857


Energy and work Energy and work are related by Netwon’s laws of motionm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpuL8MW8NKk


Density of fluids Fluid density and buoyancy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IFLNSBaAGR4

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/density‐of‐fluids/id434386126?i=93476799


Moments of inertia There are different types of inertia, depending upon the type of motion. Here is what they are and how they are measured.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2onWA0poww

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/moments‐of‐inertia/id380141288?i=93502849


Solid and fluid materials Forces act on solids and fluids in different ways.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCX83pUEL6c

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/solid‐fluid‐materials/id380141288?i=93502856


Units and dimensions Units are how we assign numbers to our measurements. Units are different from dimensions, which are fundamental properties of matter.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWsQeQXj5bU


Unit systems The long road to a uniform system of units

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70bxKaLs5XI


Unit conversions Converting measurements from one unit system to another is easy if you know how. Here’s how.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGHtbMEYSDA

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/unit‐conversion/id434386427?i=93474890


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Units as an experimental tool If you know how to work with units, you can use them to do thought experiments.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9syT7h‐Hv8

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/units‐as‐an‐experimental‐tool/id434386427?i=93470803


Newton’s Laws of Motion Newton’s three laws of motion explained.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwZz1q9meiM

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/newtons‐laws‐of‐motion/id380141288?i=93502853


Torque and angular momentum http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZG6b09Dy__k


Momentum and force Force is fundamentally a change of momentum. Here’s why.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tc2O8t0MiTo

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/momentum‐and‐force/id380141288?i=93502854


Forces acting on solids Forces can act in different ways on solids, depending upon how they’re applied: tension, compression, rotation,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we9B3be_auU

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/forces‐acting‐on‐solids/id380141288?i=93502855

J S Turner. 2009 Fireworks Spectacular displays of fireworks demonstrate simple principles of motion, acceleration, and ballistics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azct2Vw‐2iQ

http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/fireworks/id380141288?i=93502847

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